Wednesday, April 16, 2014

After a little break from Sketches in Thyme after a very busy term at work.. today sees the April sketch released over at the Sketches in Thyme blog.

Here is the sketch...

I have used a gorgeous photo of my niece, Aimee. She was a little younger than she is now.

Here is my take on the sketch...

For this layout I have used the Kaisercraft - Fine and Sunny collection. The background is the Chirp page. I have used a bird and birdhouse from another page and some foam tape to create some dimension around the tree.

I have used some parts of other pages to create the cute little embellishments, some tags and a kite.

I have used the alpha stickers from the collection to create the title.

In the top right hand corner I have used some washi tape in similar colours to the rainbow.

It is very exciting that Sketches in Thyme is up and running again. After it finishing up last year I noticed that completed layouts of my son, especially when he was a baby, had diminished.

So my task of using the sketches from the Sketches in Thyme blog to complete only photos of my son has just started again. Yay!

Here is Sketch #122

As we are currently on our Summer holiday by the beach in our caravan I had to be clever with what I would take to scrapbook. I couldn't (unfortunately) take my whole collection. Actually, it would be great to have my own caravan for scrapbooking (shhh! Don't tell my hubby! :)).

I held on to this years Santa list which I have incorporated into this layout. I used a teabag to change the colour of the paper and have made it into a little tag that hides behind the photo. I loved using this as it is in my sons handwriting and it will be a keepsake forever!

I love how the title fits Santa's Naughty or Nice list but also my son making his Santa list and checking it twice....actually I believe he probably checked it 50 times and was always adding to it!!!!

Here is the back of the Santa List tag.

If you would like to join in the Sketches in Thyme sketch challenge head on over to the blog by clicking hereand checking out the fantastic layouts the girls have created. All of the rules and how to's are available there!

Friday, January 10, 2014

I have started participating in #fmsphotoaday. The creators of this challenge give you a prompt each day with the purpose to at least once in the day stopping and reflecting on life and what goes on around us.

It has been heaps of fun finding something in my days to match the prompt but also to stop and think about what is going on around me. I also see it as a record of my day/months/year and hope to use the photos in my Scrapbooking. Well that is the intention anyway.

5 months between posts is far too long! A lot has happened in that time...a very busy work year, a trip to Thailand (check out our blog from our trip at fieldfamilycv.blogspot.com.au), Christmas and a New Year plus lots of other bits and pieces.

Probably the one constant is my creating and making. Unfortunately the busyness of life stopped me from posting it all here but head over to scrapbookitblog.blogspot.com to see what I have been up to.

Speaking of Scrapbookit...today my first post for the New Year has gone live. Here is a sneak peek of the star album I have been working on...

To check out my project head over to scrapbookitblog.blogspot.com.

A few new things for this year...well there is only one new thing...#fmsphotoaday! I have decided to participate in the #fmsphotoaday. You can check out my photos on Facebook or Instagram. If you are not on Facebook or Instagram I will do a collage of my photos every few weeks and post them here.

I will continue to work with Jo and the Design Team at Scrapbookit...which I just love!!

The Sketches in Thyme blog is starting up again starting this month. There are a few changes and layouts/sketches will be posted once a month. I will return to this team this year. Want to find out more... Head on over to sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com.au.

And in amongst that just some work...and all the other jobs us Mums do!!